by Mary-Jane Strom (GSNorCal Staff) | Aug 28, 2018 | Camp & Outdoors, Ideas & Inspiration
From packing your bag and planning your route to learning proper hiking etiquette and reflecting on your outdoor experience, here are 8 important topics to cover when planning a hike with your Girl Scouts.
by Elspeth Kersh (GSNorCal Staff) and Jean Fahy (GSNorCal Staff) | Aug 21, 2018 | Building Strong Girls, G.I.R.L. Power, STEM
Girl Scouts has released tons of new badges, Journeys, and programs to help girls explore science, math, technology, and engineering. Our goal is simple: to let girls know that STEM is for them. We’ll decode the 4 STEM Outcomes and see how leaders and volunteers can encourage girls to explore and thrive in STEM.
by GSNorCal Guest | Aug 14, 2018 | Ideas & Inspiration, New Troop Leaders, Troop Basics
Whether you’re new to leading a troop or you’re looking for inspiration, this list of suggested seasonal activities, holidays to celebrate, and other meeting ideas for throughout the year will make yearly planning easy as pie.
by Angela Borchert | Aug 7, 2018 | New Troop Leaders, Troop Basics, Working With Parents
It’s back-to-troop season and time to plan your first parent meeting. Having strong communication with parents and girls about meeting expectations, yearly planning, and volunteer commitments is crucial to a well-functioning troop, so here are 4 topics to cover to keep you and your parents on the same page.